PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUCEMENT

START DATE: IMMEDIATELY 
KILL DATE: September 1, 2006
Contact: Aaron Reed, (512) 389-8046



DON'T BE A PAIN IN THE BOAT

Have a safe boating season in Texas by following 
these regulations:

•	Children less than 13 years of age must wear 
approved life jackets while under way. 

•	All personal watercraft passengers, including 
those being towed, must wear life jackets. 

•	All life jackets must be in good and serviceable 
condition and readily accessible for each person on board.

•	Persons born on or after Sept. 1, 1984, must 
successfully complete a boater education class.

•	Those on personal watercraft must remain 50 
feet apart. 


For more information about boater safety regulations, 
log onto the Texas Parks and Wildlife website: 
www.tpwd.state.tx.us.